About the company
Coinbase is a remote-first company building the future of institutional trading as part of the Everything Exchange, powering systems that let the world's largest financial institutions trade across markets with speed, depth, and trust.
Responsibilities
- Build and operate market data components: feed handlers, normalization, distribution, and venue connectivity
- Design low-latency, high-throughput systems for real-time market data used by trading systems
- Strengthen reliability and performance by contributing to observability, on-call, and incident response
- Write high-quality, well-tested code and raise the quality bar on a lean team
- Partner with engineers, product, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver market data capabilities
Requirements
- 5+ years of backend engineering, with experience building and maintaining production low-latency systems
- Hands-on experience with market data systems (feed handlers, normalization, or distribution)
- Proficiency in low-latency Java (or C++) and high-throughput messaging (Aeron, SBE, or similar)
- Familiarity with venue/exchange connectivity and market data protocols (FIX, ITCH/OUCH, multicast)
- Track record delivering features end-to-end and operating what you build
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight
Conditions
- Remote - USA
- Base salary range: $207,485 — $244,100 USD annually (excluding equity and bonus)
- Total compensation may include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k))